Corporate finance course

Risk and return

Efficient portfolio
Efficient portfolio = highest expected return for a given risk
we choose the one we wish according to our preference to risk
expected risk premium = beta * market risk premium
The Capital asset pricing model
capm: r-r(f) = beta (r(m)-r(f))
This model does not work that well since the mid 60’s.
The Capital Asset Price Model: parallel with consumption of two goods (1 market-free investment and a representative bundle of stocks), budget line (trade-off between the expected return and the riskyness of that return= standard deviation), indifference curves (combinations that leave the investor equally satisfied.
R.portfolio/ = R.free-risk inv. + (R.market – R.free-risk inv)// sigma.market * sigma. free-risk inv
Arbitrage pricing theory
Capital structure and the company cost of capital

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Corporate finance

PART ONE: CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
The present value
Investment decisions
Practical problems in capital budgeting
Firms evaluation

PART TWO. BASICS OF FINANCE
The financial markets
Options
The market efficiency
Risk
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Control
International Financial Management

PART THREE FINANCING DECISIONS
Corporate financing
Dividend policy and capital structure

PART FOUR FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Financial planning
Short-term financial management


Course created and updated by Dr David Chelly, PhD in Management sciences from the University of Tours.